Bitdefender Adds Enhanced Anti-Exploit Technologies To Enterprise Product Line To Fend Off Modern Threats

Bitdefender, the innovative security software solutions provider, today announced the addition of a new security features in the GravityZone product line named Enhanced Anti-Exploit, while also complementing ransomware protection by integrating its ransomware vaccine tool directly in the products. The update is available immediately to existing customers in the latest version of products of the GravityZone line, both Cloud and on-premise.

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Advanced persistent threats have not only multiplied over the past years, but also reached new levels of complexity. An attack such as the Monsoon APT which exploits a vulnerability while leaving little to no traces of malicious code, can now be stopped dead in its tracks.

"Advanced persistent threats have completely changed the security game, making it fundamentally more difficult for IT security teams to detect and remediate breaches in the company network," said Harish Agastya, VP of Enterprise Solutions at Bitdefender. Our innovative take at detecting zero-day threats monitors interactions with specific software, making sure that any anomalous behavior is stopped before it inflicts any damage".

Bitdefender's new anti-exploit protection is designed to tackle evasive exploits to help reduce the APT attack surface and minimize the risk of being targeted. The new technology works by zooming in on potentially vulnerable software and running a structural analysis during key execution points. If an anomaly is detected, admins can choose to automatically block the execution or to simply be notified.

With this additional feature, advanced attacks are stopped before the payload actually reaches the client's infrastructure, thus greatly increasing the costs of attacks for targeted threat actors, be them civilian entities or hostile governments. During the testing stage, the Enhanced Anti-Exploit technology was able to block all Flash Player exploits discovered during the past year, including zero-days.